[UUPoly-L] Website, etc.

[JasmineGld@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/2007 7:32:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
paola.suarezpapp@gmail.com writes:

> I keep forgetting too that the  UUPA is not sanctioned by the UUA. 
> Is there a process for  that?

Yes, there is an application process to become an Independent  Affiliate. 
UUPA worked on that for a while, until it became clear that we can't  secure the 
necessary letters of reference at this time. Did you see Moonstorm's  report 
about his question at his district's annual meeting? He wondered  when a UU 
speaker will:  
> ...declare that the hand of ministry is being consciously and 
> intentionally extended to us [polys].  I guess my question is,  how close 
> do you think we are to something like that?
> 
> The answer I got, though I can't quote it verbatim, went something  like 
this:
> 
> Well, I don't think we're very close at this point.  The  ministerial body 
> is having some very serious conversations these days about the  issues
> involved in ministering to Unitarians in polyamorous families.  
> ... There will have to be a good deal of intimate, lower-level  
conversation 
> about this before anything is said at the higher denominational  level.  
 
--- UUPoly Archive -- Subj: Report from PNWD AGM, Date:2/25/2007 

So  the UUPA Board of Trustees is working on laying the groundwork necessary 
to make  those references possible, including education, networking, building 
trust, and  encouraging those intimate, lower level conversations. UUPA 
members and  supporters can help with this by being active and committed UUs in your 
UU  congregation, your congregation's UU district, UU social justice work, UU 
camps  and conferences, Independent Affiliates and/or their chapters, etc. 
When you  feel ready to become visible about supporting polyamory awareness, you 
will have  already earned a lot of credibility and built trust among the UUs 
in your  congregation and district. This will make it easier for you to come 
out, and a  lot easier for others to hear about it from you. It will make it 
possible for  you to participate in these intimate, lower-level conversations 
that build  strong foundations. 

> But while I'm on the topic of the website I was  wondering if there was 
plans
> of updating it soon? I noticed the last  update was back in early 2006.

Polyamory awareness is slow work,  and a lot of time can go by before any 
info on the website changes. If you know  of a sermon on polyamory that's 
published on the Internet, please let us know  and we'll request permission to link 
to it. If you deliver a sermon on  polyamory, please send us the text and 
permission to publish it on the UUPA  sermons pages. 

The membership application/donation form will be updated soon to reflect  the 
501(c)(3) recognition. I believe the chapters listing is current. In the  
next few weeks, we'll be working on a couple of other additions to the website,  
both of which have been delayed by my over-filled schedule and a month of  
illness earlier this year. Please contact me offlist if you know of a  contact 
person whose listing is incorrect or absent, if you see another website  
correction, or if you want to suggest an addition to the site. 
 
Jasmine 
 
 



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